Russia won this important U18 tournament for the first time since 1995. With goalkeeper Yaroslav Askarov, the Russians also had the best goalie of the tournament. For the NHL Draft 2020, the same players were described as the big top prospots before this tournament. The Canadians even talked about one of the best vintages in […]

Dinamo Riga has signed a one-season contract with Russian goalkeeper Maxim Tretiak. The 22-year-old Maxim Tretiak, grandson of the Russian ice hockey legend and Russian ice hockey president Vladislav Tretiak, was already in the preseason at Riga, but only for one game. In December he moved to the current KHL champion CSKA Moscow. Tretiak played […]

The new KHL season 2019-2020 starts on the 1st of September. That’s why Dinamo Riga will start preparing for the new season in July. First, the medical examinations are on the program, followed by a training camp from 15th to 26th July in the Olympic center Liepāja. After the training camp, the team will continue […]

Bronze Medal Game, Ondrej Nepla Arena, Bratislava In the match for bronze, Russia and the Czech Republic meet. This pairing was already in the preliminary round, this game has won Russia 3-0. The Russians after the surprising 0-1 defeat against Finland, wanted to reach at least the third place. In the beginning, the Russian team […]

Semi-Final 1: In the first semi-final, Russia and Finland faced each other. This pairing already existed in the Quarter-Final at the World Cup 2011, also in Bratislava. At that time Finland became world champion …. Of course, the Russians wanted to prevent this and started as they have seen of them at this World Cup. […]

Quarter-Final 3 – Steel Arena, Kosice It was a fast game, which started right away. With the first shot on goal, Mikkola beat Sweden’s goalie Lundqvist and score the 1-0 (1.). Klingberg’s power play goal to 1-1 was only the third shot from Sweden (3.). Even before the first period was over, the Swedes turned […]

Quarter-Final 1 – Steel Arena, Kosice The Canadians raise another revenge in the game against Switzerland. The last game at the World Cup last year in Copenhagen, the Swiss have decided for themselves and prevented the entry of the Canadians into the final. Switzerland’s 1-0 lead by Sven Andrighetto in the 19th minute left the […]

Quarter-Final 2 – Ondrej Nepla Arena, Bratislava: The ever-young duel between Russia and the USA was on the program in Bratislava. The Russians presented themselves in the group games as the top favorite on the title, and remained unbeaten. Last time World Champion Sweden was disassembled 7-4. The USA lost the last game against Canada […]